First organized in 1883, the USC Roski
School of Fine Arts is the oldest art school in
Southern California. With a diverse faculty
group of internationally recognized artists
and educators, the School offers a supportive
environment and progressive approach for
experimentation in all forms of visual arts.

As the influence of the Pacific Rim rises, the
worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s artistic vision is being transformed by
globalization, revolutions in communication,
growing diversity, evolving concepts of democracy
and changing ideas surrounding creativity and
individual expression. Nowhere is this seen, felt
and heard more than in Los Angeles, the creative
capitol of the Pacific Rim.

A new international
arts opportunity
The University of Southern California not only
recognizes this new global reality, we wish to advance
it. To make our ambitions clear, we are announcing
the creation of the USC International Artists,
a graduate fellowship for promising artists from
across the Pacific Rim and key emerging societies of
the world. The fellows will form a global network of
impactful artists that will continue well beyond their
residence at USC.
In launching this Fellowship, we are creating
a new international arts community in the global
conservatory of Los Angeles â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a community that
celebrates global perspectives, artistic exchange and
academic values. Taking advantage of Los Angeles as
a global center for the arts and new media, we offer a
unique environment for young artists and humanists
to study and work along Los Angelesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vibrant
downtown corridor.

Located at the center
of Los Angeles, the USC
Thornton School of
Music is the collegiate
partner of choice
for the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Los
Angeles Opera, Los
Angeles Chamber
Orchestra, the GRAMMY
Foundation and The
Recording Academy, to
name a few.

The USC School of
Cinematic Arts instills
creative, scholarly
and entrepreneurial
principles and practices
of film, television and
interactive media. The
faculty are focused on
inspiring and preparing
students to become
leaders in the field.

How will the
fellowship
support these
students?
These fellowships will allow emerging
artists to work with our internationally
acclaimed faculty in any one of
USC’s five preeminent arts schools —
Architecture, Cinematic Arts, Fine
Arts, Music and Theater, along with
the Fisher Museum where historic,
modern and contemporary art is on
display. All tuition, fees, housing and
living expenses will be paid by the
fellowship allowing the student to
focus on creativity and producing new
work. Further, these fellows will have
regular and planned opportunities to
interact with their peers from
the five arts disciplines, as well as
vibrant artists in Los Angeles

Why USC?
USC is a global microcosm set
inside a global metropolis. We enroll
more international students than
any other university in the United
States, an attribute mirrored in Los
Angeles which is home to established
international communities from
around the world. USC has
international offices in six cities
along the Pacific Rim and Asia — in
Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei,
Mumbai and Mexico City. We are
a global institution committed to
the notion that artistic practice and
creativity are crucial to our mission
and to the future of a world that is
growing smaller before our eyes.

FIVE PREEMINENT
art schools.
Together USC’s arts schools
enroll well over 5000 graduate and
undergraduate students in its degree
programs and, including the Fisher
Museum, sponsor more than 1,000
recitals, performances, exhibitions,
screenings, and lectures each year.
We challenge all of our students to
engage in the arts and humanities
through curriculum, lectures and
events. Our arts schools feed the
global conservatory of Los Angeles.

One of the major
strengths of the USC
School of Architecture
is its relationship to a
community of practicing
architects. USC founded
the first accredited school
of architecture in Southern
California, with 3000
graduates, many of whom
have stayed in Southern
California to practice. The
diverse perspective on
architecture promulgated
by the Schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faculty has
attracted a broad spectrum
of supporters from the
building industry and the
allied professions.

USC is at home in
Los Angeles.

Why you and us
together?

To study and live in Los Angeles is
to learn to be at home in the world.
As you walk onto USC campuses or
traverse Los Angeles, you are struck
by this regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s global character.
International students enrich USCâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s
culture, exposing all students to world
views, conventions, religious and
cultural traditions and novel modes
of artistic practice that are new
and different from those they have
known. Each space and program,
along with our students and faculty,
reminds us that global connections
are a unique USC strength.

As a USC International Artists
Fellow, you will be enriched in
several ways. Our principal objective
is to give you outstanding training
in art and to support your growth as
an artist, filmmaker, actor, director,
musician, or architect.
Because we have five arts
schools on one urban campus,
you will enjoy the benefits of
proximity and access to several
of the arts. And because we are a
comprehensive university, you will be
part of an intellectual community
that includes the arts and humanities,
the natural and social sciences, and
the professions.

Where artistic
practice
flourishes,
cultures come
alive.
You will be part of a global arts
community in an international
metropolis. By interacting with
fellow artists and scholars from
around the world, you will develop
a global perspective that will inform
your art. By living, studying and
working in Los Angeles, you will
see how the local and the global
intersect, experiencing the
international in a local context.
You will create the future
through art made of sound, image,
space, movement, material, voice
and words.

The USC School of Theatre is recognized
internationally as a leader in theatre education.
Ranked among the top five undergraduate
theatre programs in the nation, the School
blends artistic training in a conservatory
environment with all the academic advantages
of a major research university.

The
USC
International
ArtISTs
Fellowship
For further information, contact
globalartists@usc.edu.

The USC International Artists Fellowship

As the influence of the Pacific Rim rises, the world’s artistic vision is being transformed by globalization, revolutions in communication, growing diversity, evolving concepts of democracy and changing ideas surrounding creativity and individual expression. Nowhere is this seen, felt and heard more than in Los Angeles, the creative capitol of the Pacific Rim. The University of Southern California recently announced the creation of the USC International Artists, a graduate fellowship for promising artists from across the Pacific Rim and key emerging societies of the world. The USC International Artists Fellowship will allow emerging artists to work with the university’s internationally acclaimed faculty in any one of USC’s five preeminent arts schools—Architecture, Cinematic Arts, Fine Arts, Music and Theater, along with the Fisher Museum where historic, modern and contemporary art is on display.